July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Library grant request delayed (12/8/04)
Drainage project must proceed before library is eligible for funds
GENEVA — A planned drainage project here will have to move forward to help the Geneva Public Library apply for a $500,000 grant.
During a public hearing, held prior to the Geneva Town Council meeting Tuesday, council members learned that they must have a contract signed with a construction company for the Winchester Road drainage project before the library can apply for a grant by the April 1 deadline.
Library officials are planning to seek a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce for exterior and interior structural repairs at the library. Those officials have been working with an architect from Fort Wayne firm Morrison, Kattman & Menze Inc. to prepare reconstruction plans after the library received a $45,000 planning grant in April.
Before the deadline, renovation plans must be approved by the State Historic Preservation Office because the library is on the National Register of Historic Places and certain guidelines must be followed for renovations, said Amy Miller of Cornerstone Grants Management Inc. of Greenwood, who is serving as grant administrator for the library project.
The town announced in November that it received a $485,000 Community Focus Fund grant from DOC for the planned drainage work. The town must sign a contract for that project before the library can seek more grant funding, Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan said this morning. The town is the fiscal agent for the library project, he added.
Two more public hearings will be held on the library’s grant proposal, Miller said, adding that more community support is needed at those meetings. She also encouraged town residents to submit handwritten letters of support for the library project to the town hall or Rose Bryan, director of the Geneva Public Library.
She added that final drawings of the library and cost estimates will be presented at the next public hearing, which is tentatively set for Tuesday, Jan. 18.
In other business Tuesday, board members Mike Schwartz, Jim Timmons and Lew Wingler voted to hire Jerry Bridges, an independent grant administrator from Anderson, to be the grant administrator for the $600,000 Winchester Road drainage project.
Bridges will help the town finalize paperwork with the DOC for the grant.
Also Tuesday, board members:
•Approved a resolution authorizing receipt of the $500,000 grant from the Indiana Housing Finance Authority awarded to Red Gold to replace 20 mobile homes currently used as migrant housing at its Geneva plant.
The town is the fiscal agent for this grant.
•Heard Geneva Fire Chief John Kleinknight report the department received a grant from the Indiana Public Service Training Institute to purchase two new computers and one printer.
Kleinknight said he is unsure how much grant money the department received from its $4,000 request.
•Approved up to $10,000 to be spent to construct an approximately 60-foot by 100-foot gravel parking lot off of Shackley Street, near the baseball field at Kofax Park located on the south side of Geneva.
•Approved a one-year contract with the Adams County Plan Commission for $1,200. This contract authorizes Neil Ogg, director of the Adams County Plan Commission, to issue building permits , complete building inspections and help with zoning issues in the town.
•Heard town manager Steve Hampshire report the school crossing light at the corner of Line Street and U.S. 27 in front of South Adams Middle School was repaired recently by an electrician. He said the cost of the repairs was less than $100.
•Told Geneva resident Donita Bauman that town employees should have her sanitary sewer hook-up completed in about two weeks for the new home she and her husband Mark are constructing early next year. The home will be located off Ind. 116, just west of the town limits.
Board members told Bauman they plan to meet and discuss town and county policies before approving the Baumans’ request to annex their property or allow them to hook up to town water.
•Scheduled their year-end meeting for Thursday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m. to make appointments, budget adjustments and pay year-end bills. The board’s first meeting in 2005 is set for Tuesday, Jan. 4, at 6:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]GENEVA — The name of the new company coming here was announced Tuesday night.
Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan announced during Tuesday’s town council meeting that Ecologic Inc. of Lake Bluff, Ill. has finalized its purchase of the former GSI Group Inc. building, located at 600 High St. in Geneva.
Milligan added the company’s president/CEO Steve Lee said he is excited to bring a division of his business, which specializes in assembly, light manufacturing and distribution of college dormitory furniture, to Geneva.
Production and shipping will peak during the months of May through August.
The company plans to hire four to six full-time employees and may expand its staff during peak season, Milligan said. He added that Geneva resident Bob Beeler has been hired as plant manager.
During a public hearing, held prior to the Geneva Town Council meeting Tuesday, council members learned that they must have a contract signed with a construction company for the Winchester Road drainage project before the library can apply for a grant by the April 1 deadline.
Library officials are planning to seek a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce for exterior and interior structural repairs at the library. Those officials have been working with an architect from Fort Wayne firm Morrison, Kattman & Menze Inc. to prepare reconstruction plans after the library received a $45,000 planning grant in April.
Before the deadline, renovation plans must be approved by the State Historic Preservation Office because the library is on the National Register of Historic Places and certain guidelines must be followed for renovations, said Amy Miller of Cornerstone Grants Management Inc. of Greenwood, who is serving as grant administrator for the library project.
The town announced in November that it received a $485,000 Community Focus Fund grant from DOC for the planned drainage work. The town must sign a contract for that project before the library can seek more grant funding, Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan said this morning. The town is the fiscal agent for the library project, he added.
Two more public hearings will be held on the library’s grant proposal, Miller said, adding that more community support is needed at those meetings. She also encouraged town residents to submit handwritten letters of support for the library project to the town hall or Rose Bryan, director of the Geneva Public Library.
She added that final drawings of the library and cost estimates will be presented at the next public hearing, which is tentatively set for Tuesday, Jan. 18.
In other business Tuesday, board members Mike Schwartz, Jim Timmons and Lew Wingler voted to hire Jerry Bridges, an independent grant administrator from Anderson, to be the grant administrator for the $600,000 Winchester Road drainage project.
Bridges will help the town finalize paperwork with the DOC for the grant.
Also Tuesday, board members:
•Approved a resolution authorizing receipt of the $500,000 grant from the Indiana Housing Finance Authority awarded to Red Gold to replace 20 mobile homes currently used as migrant housing at its Geneva plant.
The town is the fiscal agent for this grant.
•Heard Geneva Fire Chief John Kleinknight report the department received a grant from the Indiana Public Service Training Institute to purchase two new computers and one printer.
Kleinknight said he is unsure how much grant money the department received from its $4,000 request.
•Approved up to $10,000 to be spent to construct an approximately 60-foot by 100-foot gravel parking lot off of Shackley Street, near the baseball field at Kofax Park located on the south side of Geneva.
•Approved a one-year contract with the Adams County Plan Commission for $1,200. This contract authorizes Neil Ogg, director of the Adams County Plan Commission, to issue building permits , complete building inspections and help with zoning issues in the town.
•Heard town manager Steve Hampshire report the school crossing light at the corner of Line Street and U.S. 27 in front of South Adams Middle School was repaired recently by an electrician. He said the cost of the repairs was less than $100.
•Told Geneva resident Donita Bauman that town employees should have her sanitary sewer hook-up completed in about two weeks for the new home she and her husband Mark are constructing early next year. The home will be located off Ind. 116, just west of the town limits.
Board members told Bauman they plan to meet and discuss town and county policies before approving the Baumans’ request to annex their property or allow them to hook up to town water.
•Scheduled their year-end meeting for Thursday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m. to make appointments, budget adjustments and pay year-end bills. The board’s first meeting in 2005 is set for Tuesday, Jan. 4, at 6:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]GENEVA — The name of the new company coming here was announced Tuesday night.
Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan announced during Tuesday’s town council meeting that Ecologic Inc. of Lake Bluff, Ill. has finalized its purchase of the former GSI Group Inc. building, located at 600 High St. in Geneva.
Milligan added the company’s president/CEO Steve Lee said he is excited to bring a division of his business, which specializes in assembly, light manufacturing and distribution of college dormitory furniture, to Geneva.
Production and shipping will peak during the months of May through August.
The company plans to hire four to six full-time employees and may expand its staff during peak season, Milligan said. He added that Geneva resident Bob Beeler has been hired as plant manager.
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